Combination monkey wrench



Oct. 21 1924.

F. S. HORECHNEY COMBINATION MONKEY WRENCH Filed April '7. 1923 PatentedOct. 21, 1924.

UNITED STATES FRANK S. HORECHNEY, O'F FORT KAMEI-IAMEHA, TERRITORY 0FHAWAII.

COMBINATION MONKEY WRENCH.

Application filed April 7, 1923. Serial No. 630,677.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. HonnoHNnY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Fort Kamehameha, Hawaiian Territory, have inventedcertain new and usefulvImprovements in Combination Monkey l/Vrenches, ofwhich the following is a speciication. y

i This invention relates to improvements in wrenches and has for itsprincipal object to provide a wrench of the adjustable jaw type, andhaving interchangeable parts of a novel construction4 that adapts it tobe used for a number of different purposes, other than those for which amonkey wrench may! ordinarily be put.

More particularly it is the object of the invention to provide a wrenchto which interchangeable parts may be applied to adapt it for usek as apipe cutting tool, a pipe wrench, a punch and a wirevor tin cutter.

Other objects of the invention reside in the various details ofconstruction and combination of parts Vembodied by the invention, and inthefmanner of assembling and their mode of operation.

Inaccomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I haveprovided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms ofwhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 isa side view of a wrench constructedin accordance with the presentinvention. s

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same taken on the line 2-2 in Figure1, illustrating the pipe cutter and assembly of the parts.

Figure 3 is a view of a punching tool applied to the jaws of the wrench.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the wire and metal cutting attachment.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the attachment to be used to adapt thedevice for use as a pipe wrench.

Referring more in detail to the drawings- 1 designates what will bedesignated as the fixed jaw of the wrench, and 2 the adjustable, ormovable jaw; the former being xed substantially at its center to a shankbar 3, while the latter is provided centrally with an opening throughwhich the shank extends. The jaws are retained in parallel relation andextend at right angles to the shank.

vcorrespondingly shaped socket in the crosshead 5. Formed on the rodadjacent its connection with the cross-head 5 are threads 13 that meshwith threads 14 formed on the innersurfaces of the bars 6 and 7 so thaton rturning the rod 10 in opposite directions,

the bars will be moved so as to adjust the jaw 2 toward and from the jaw1.

The ends -1n and 2a of they jaws are of the ordinary form and may beused for tightening bolts or nuts, while their opposite ends arefeachprovided with a series of holes 15 for-receiving screws 16 whereby theattachments for the other purposes may be secured in place.

In Figure 1, I have illustrated the use of the device as a pipe cutter,and for this purpose I have provided the jaw 1 with a centrallongitudinally extending slot 17 wherein a sharpened cutting roller 18is rotatably supported by screw 16. This cutter is located on a linethat passes centrally between rollers 19 and 20 rotatably mounted onscrews 16 in a slot 21 in jaw 2. In use the pipe is located, as shown indotted lines at 22, in Figures 1 and 2, and the rollers are clampedagainst it, then by revolving the wrench and tightening it, as it isrevolved the roller 18 will cut through the pipe.

To use the device as a pipe wrench the rollers 18, 19 and 20 are removedand the jaw 25, shown in Figure 5, is mounted on one of the wrench jaws.The jaw 25 has transverse teeth 26 formed on a base portion providedwith a rib 27 that will tit in the slots of the wrench jaws and which isprovided with holes 28 for receiving the holding screws 16.

To adapt the device for use as a metal or wire cutter the cutter head30, as illustrated, in Figure 6, is applied to one of the wrench jaws.This cutter has a sharpened blade 31 adapted to extend in the directionof the Wrench jaw and hasv a rib 32 for mounting in a javvslot.

The punch, .of Figure 3, is of a similar nature except that it isprovided with a sharpened piercingpoint 33 that may be used to form ahole through an object by being tightened thereagainst.

It is readily apparent that a device of this character would be veryuseful .for plumbers, pipe iitters, and machinists and would ,make itunnecessary for them .to equip themselvesvvithseparate tools for each ofthe usesvfor Which the present device could beput.

Wrenchesof this type can be made at a relativelysmally cost, arepractical and would vvell, serve the purposes for which they areintended.

Having .thus described my invention, What I claimas nevv. therein anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, is.:

1. A `Wrenchof the character described,

comprising' a shank having a fixed javv atl one en d, a jaw adjustableon the shank to- Wardrand from the lixed jaw, a pairvofbarsextendinglalong opposite sides of the shank having .ends fixed tothe movable javv, a-

handle bar having an end rotatably connected to the outer end of theshank and y ment ,of the movable javv.:

^ 2.,l Wrench of the class described, comprising a shank having ajawrfixed at one end, a KVjavv adjustable along the shank to- Ward andfrom the fixed jaw, a cross-head fixed on the outer end of the shank, apair of threaded adjusting bars extending along opposite sides of' theshank and slidable through the cross-head,V xed atrtheir inner ends tothe movable jaw and having a connecting cross-head at their outer ends,a handle bar extending slidably and rotatably through the last namedcross-head and having a rotatable connection at its inner end with thefirst named cross-head, and having threads thereon meshing with thethreadsof the adjusting bars'for the purposeset forth.v

A WrenchV of-the character described,

comprising a'shank With a j aw fixed at one' end thereof, a jawadjustable onthe shank toward and from the fixed javv, a crosshead atthe outer end of the shank, a'pairl of threaded adjusting bars extendingalong oppositesides of the shank with their inner ends connected to themovable jaw and having a connecting head attheir outerends, al

handle bar extended rotatably and slidably through the connectingheadand rotatably connected at its inner end to the cross-head, and havingthreads thereon meshing With the threads of the adjusting bars, saidjaws having solid end'portions at one side of the,

shank' and having slotted portions at the opposite side Withscre'vvfholes extendingv through the slotted portions, andfoperatingjdevices mounted Within the slotted portions of the jaW.

Signed at FortKamehameha, Hawaiian Territory, this Lith day ofFebruary,v 119%.'

FRANK s HoREcHNrin

